The past 2 days have been tough. Maybe some of the hardest yet. Yesterday Joel started passing blood clots again. I am hoping that has never happened to any of you because if it has you know that it is quite frightening. As I said yesterday, Joel had been feeling really good, mostly tired, but no other symptoms. We had been moving forward & prepping for his surgery next week by getting everything ready on our end. Then yesterday happened & you feel like you are back to square one with so many emotions to deal with. It's tough & it's scary. We immediately called the Urologist today who told us that for Joel's condition this was "normal". Talk about a new kind of normal. They told us to keep a close eye on him & if things started to decline then take him to the ER. The moment we found out about the cancer last week all that we wanted was for it to be out of his body. To be honest it has been a terribly trying time waiting for the Dr. It has also been really trying getting use to how our life is now. I told my Mom today I feel like our innocence has been taken away. Nothing is as it was. It has been hard.
I never want this blog to be fake or for me to just pretend that everything is rosy. Someone asked me if I was still "day to day" I told them more like "hour to hour". Through it all we still have an immense amount of faith in our God-we know He is the Healer & that He is healing Joel. Faith is believing in the unseen even when it is difficult. Symptoms do not dictate our belief. Today was a difficult day. That is why I cling to Him even more. That's all I know to do.

Sarah Rodriguez Rhodes

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Ellis Update: Today was a hard morning, guys. We got to the hospital & things just felt all wrong. I don’t know how to explain it other than that. Then the anesthesiologist had issues with some secretions Ellis was having that we were told amplified her risk during the surgery while under anesthesia. Given the past things we’ve walked through, we just decided it wasn’t a risk we were at all willing to take. So we made the decision to go home, re-group & do the surgery another day. Since the surgery is elective we had our medical teams full support in this decision. We are home now & doing well. This wasn’t an easy decision to make. For months we’ve prepared mentally, emotionally, schedule-wise, financially etc for this day. But we have to be lead by peace. And if those giving her medical care also weren’t completely at peace, it just wasn’t the right time, for whatever reason. I don’t always understand the “why” but I won’t always & I’m ok with that. We appreciate your prayers & promise to keep you informed of when her surgery will be in the coming months. Also, the day wasn’t a complete loss...Ellis did get to hang with the cute hospital dog-so at least that part was a win ☺️ Looking for some kind of humor-it’s been a rough day.

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